Li Fulin pulled out the sword from its sheath, and wiped it clean carefully. The blade of the sword was as bright as a mirror, reflecting his face.
The blade of the sword was clean, and it was not at all obvious that he had just drank blood during the day.
For some reason, Li Fulin remembered the first time he killed someone.
That was when he was less than twenty years old and went down the mountain with his uncle for the first time. Well, speaking of it, Xiaodong was only a year or two older than Xiaodong now.
What he killed for at that time, he couldn't remember clearly. But he remembered that his hand was very steady at that time, and when the sword was pulled out, blood beads dripped rapidly along the blade, and the blade was still clean without any trace.
But for many days afterwards, he couldn't help wiping the blade over and over again, always feeling that the smell of blood was still on the sword, and he could smell it all the time.
That smell is very strange, both salty and sweet, making people always feel sick for no reason.
Today he killed several demons again, and he was not lenient at all.
Ji Zhenzhen opened the door and came in, Li Fulin put down the sword in his hand and stood up.
Ji Zhenren knew his habits very well. When he saw him wiping his sword there, he knew that he had killed another person today.
"Do you have time tomorrow? I just wanted to discuss with you." Ji Zhenren said, "I haven't touched anyone for a while, and my bones are rusting."
Li Fulin said with a smile: "Do I dare not accompany you? But, please be merciful to Ji Zhenren's subordinates."
Ji Zhenren looked at him and suddenly smiled.
Many years ago, when they first met, they also had such an exact conversation. But at that time, Ji Zhenzhen was very impatient to listen to such so-called polite words, and directly accused him of "hypocrisy".
But now when I hear the same words again, my mood is completely different.
"Your swordsmanship is very good, I may not be able to defeat you."
Li Fulin also laughed.
She also said this sentence back then.
Ji Zhenzhen sat down: "Is everything going well for you today?"
"It's going well." Li Fulin roughly told her about today's events: "People in the devil's way have been dormant for these years, and now it seems that their vitality is gradually recovering. This world will not be peaceful again."
Ji Zhenren frowned and looked at him: "You are always like this, what do you say that sentence? Yes, can you be guilty of worrying about the country and the people? Could it be that this world belongs to your family? What are you doing to fight over this? Heart? Who will benefit you?"
Li Fulin has long been used to her ruthless speech.
"Look at what you said, you have read a lot of books, right? There is a saying that there are no eggs under the cover of the nest..."
"I do remember another sentence, which says that if you live less than a hundred years, you will always worry about a thousand years old."
Li Fulin was speechless, and regretted why he had to give her the book.
How do you say that? A woman without talent is a virtue...
Forget it, if you say this sentence, you will definitely be beaten.
There was still an unfinished letter on his desk, Ji Zhenzhen didn't shy away, picked it up and glanced at it: "Are you asking about Tianjiancheng?"
"Yes." Li Fulin wrote this letter to Hu Zhenren, and wanted to find out more about Tianjian City. He didn't care too much before, after all, people in Tianjian City closed their doors to live their own lives, although they seemed arrogant and unreasonable when they came out, but after all, they rarely deal with everyone, and there are quite a few powerful people in their city , Others generally will not embarrass them. Then again, even if you want to make it difficult, entering the sky and seeing the city is a problem.
"Speaking of Tianjian City..." Ji Zhenzhen thought for a while, "I seem to have heard something from Master."
Li Fulin didn't expect that she would know.
Ji Zhenren grew up in the Western Regions, had never been to the Central Plains before, and knew nothing about the customs and customs of the Central Plains. When Li Fulin wanted to inquire about this matter, he screened all the people he knew in his heart, and felt that Tianjishan knew the most about these miscellaneous news, so he wanted to write to Zhenren Hu. He never thought that Ji Zhenren would know .
"What did the commander say?"
Ji Zhenzhen thought for a while: "I was still young at that time, and my master just mentioned it by accident. At that time, we passed by a small sect and saw them offering sacrifices. We saw a lot of people using pigs and sheep. They used people there. Knowing where they caught it, they dragged it to the stone platform and chopped off their heads. My master said at the time that they didn't do this because they were easy to kill, but because of the formations and cornerstones left in many places. Such things need to be poured with warm blood every now and then. Livestock blood such as pigs and sheep has no spirituality, and human beings are the spirit of all things, so it is best to use human blood. Young people, children, old people It's not good if the blood is turbid..."
Li Fu frowned.
Such behavior is no different from that of a person in the magic way.
Ji Zheng saw his expression, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "You're starting to worry about others again."
The two couldn't agree on this matter.
Ji Zheng grew up there, and what he heard, saw, and experienced were all based on the law of survival of the weak. The people there don't talk about benevolence or kindness. If you don't kill others, they will definitely kill you.
But the two of them will not quarrel over this matter, Ji Zheng continued: "Don't think that there is no such thing in the Central Plains, there is the same thing, but you do it more covertly. I have heard that your Danyang Immortal Sect The Patriarch once killed the dragon, and put the dragon's head under the mountain gate, so as to attract the endless spiritual power of the earth. Did the dragon provoke you? Besides, there are also murderers."
"Could Tianjian City kill people?"
"Master just mentioned one thing, saying that they will hold some hellish rituals in tens or hundreds of years, which is similar to sacrifices. Although I don't know what they use for sacrifices, but I think it should be much more complicated than just killing a few people .”
Li Fulin felt a tightness in his chest.
Of course he knew that behind every famous sect there was an unknown dark side. Tianjian City is so mysterious and closed, a city can be suspended in the sea out of thin air, and its spiritual energy is still so abundant, their unknown secrets will only be bigger and more amazing.
Is Xiaodong's life experience related to Tianjiancheng
At that time when Yun Lie asked Gu to be vague, he didn't tell Xiaodong's real life experience, maybe he didn't know
No... Li Fulin instinctively felt that Yun Lie should know.
He led Xiaodong's life without a fixed place, which in itself was a strange thing. Children are no better than adults, even adults, if conditions permit, who would want to live such a wandering life
He brought Xiaodong along, probably not to avoid some Yun family's enemies.
Maybe... to cover up Xiaodong's life experience
He entrusted Xiaodong to Huiliushan, and he only said at the time that he didn't ask him to have any great achievements in the future, as long as he lived in peace and grew up.
Li Fulin stood up and paced the room.
If his guess is correct, then Yun Lie actually wanted Xiaodong to stay away from Tianjian City.
This arrangement was originally very appropriate. Huiliu Mountain is remote, has no reputation, and has little contact with outsiders. With Xiaodong's temperament, he is very sensible and will not take the initiative to cause trouble. A place like Tianjian City may not exist in his life. intersection.
But people are not as good as heaven, no one thought that something like Chen Jingzhi would happen.
Ji Zhenren looked at Li Fulin, and suddenly asked: "Do you want to fight against the sky?"
Li Fulin asked in surprise, "Why do you say that?"
"Looking at you, it seems that this matter is a big trouble." Ji Zhenzhen asked: "If you really want to confront Tian Jiancheng, will you back down?"
Li Fulin didn't even hesitate: "No."
He will definitely punish the traitorous disciple with his own hands, and he will also protect Xiaodong from getting hurt.
Ji Zhenren laughed.
She doesn't like to smile very much, but when she smiles, the frosty look on her face melts instantly, and that smile is particularly stunning and moving.
"Actually, you are not a good-tempered person at all, you are smelly and tough, and I don't know if those who praise you for your good temper are all blind."
When she was talking, she stopped suddenly, the room was quiet, and after a while she said: "Your apprentice came over just now, but he left again before entering the courtyard."
Of course Li Fulin also noticed this.
Mo Chen came here just now.
He must have known that Ji Zhenren was here so he didn't come in.
Li Fulin has a clear conscience.
Although it was said that it was the middle of the night, a lonely man and a widow, but he and Ji Zhenren had absolutely nothing... Cough, something that should not be told.
But when Mo Chen left like this, Li Fulin felt a little uncomfortable.
Li Fulin was not ignorant of the private speculations and discussions among the disciples.
They no longer treat Ji Zhenren as an outsider, they are very respectful, they will not hide anything from her, and avoid her.
In this situation, Li Fulin was a little more embarrassed by the apprentice's inability to get through the door just now.
"that… "
"Um?"
Li Fulin wanted to say, "Go back to rest when it's late at night," but changed his mind: "I refined a batch of medicine last time. What is the reason?"
Ji Zhenren stretched out his hand: "Let me have a look."
Li Fulin took out a bunch of medicine bottles.
Although the two haven't seen each other for many years, Ji Zhenren's face is still the same as before, as cold and beautiful as the moonlight on the night when they first met in the desert.
"The materials are all the same? What about the water? Is the water taken at the same time? What about the fire? What kind of fire did you use?"
Li Fulin collected his mind and began to seriously discuss the details of refining medicine with her.
Mo Chen passed by the gate of the master's courtyard but did not go in, of course he knew that Ji Zhenren was inside.
He wouldn't think in the wrong direction, of course Mo Chen understands and trusts Master's character.
But... Is Master planning to keep ambiguously with Ji Zhenren? There is only a layer of window paper between the two of them. When will this stuffy gourd be broken? What are they waiting for
They made it clear that Mo Chen and the others were much more comfortable as apprentices, at least they didn't have to be as shy as they are now.
Originally, I wanted to talk to Master about something important, but it seemed that the timing was not right. (to be continued)